Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
Mark Carney has insisted that Donald Trump killed trade talks between the US and Canada simply because of Ontario's anti-tariff ad campaign. The prime minister rejected the idea there was any kind of ulterior motive in Trump's dramatic decision, explaining that before Doug Ford's ads – featuring Ronald Reagan – were broadcast, there had been "very detailed, very specific, very comprehensive" talks between the two countries. Carney, who is touring Asia, also referred to Ford as "unpredictable." CBC, meanwhile, said it has spoken to "sources" familiar with the US-Canada talks who claim Ford's criticisms of Trump have been an "irritant" to the American president, with the ad representing "the last straw."
#LATEST: Carney says Canada, U.S. were close to a deal when Trump ended trade talks https://t.co/IoSt3CSmq7
— CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) October 27, 2025
In more Carney news, the prime minister has revealed he has plans to meet with China's supreme leader, Xi Jinping, in South Korea later this week. He refused to go into any detail when questioned by reporters, but said the two countries were "in the process of a resetting of expectations of where the relationship can go." Carney also took a dig at his predecessor, emphasizing that Canada and China were barely on speaking terms for the last seven years.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he plans to meet with Chinese leader at APEC https://t.co/cVFscNCgxr
— CTV National News (@CTVNationalNews) October 27, 2025
Canada's hunger crisis continues to worsen, according to Food Banks Canada, with the group's latest report claiming there were close to 2.2 million visits to food banks in March 2025, a five per cent increase on last year's numbers and double the rate in March 2019. The report said people with kids are particularly vulnerable to hunger, with the lead author explaining: "Food banks are becoming more and more necessary for survival as opposed to a temporary coping strategy."
While annual inflation accelerated to 2.4 per cent last month, food inflation outpaced it at four per cent, according to Statistics Canada. More than one in 10 Toronto residents now rely on food banks.#foodbanks #affordability #inflation #hungerhttps://t.co/AiDk531nZT
— 980 CJME (@CJMENews) October 27, 2025
A man who fought off a grizzly bear in the Kootenays earlier this month has now died, according to reports. Joe Pendry was "laughing and joking" in Kelowna General Hospital right up to his death from a blood clot, according to his wife, Janice.
B.C. man dies three weeks after fighting off grizzly bearhttps://t.co/SUFSYaRs0t
— Global BC (@GlobalBC) October 27, 2025
The BC Conservatives have a one-point lead among voters in the province, according to a new poll from the Angus Reid Institute. The pollster reckons the majority of British Columbians – 56 per cent – are "dissatisfied" or "very dissatisfied" with the BC NDP's performance. A majority of people in the province (59 per cent) and a plurality of BC Conservative voters (48 per cent) also think opposition leader John Rustad should resign, however.
Latest Angus-Reid has @One_BCHQ at 5%! pic.twitter.com/axcSFX9y8O
— Bryan Breguet (@Prominent_Bryan) October 26, 2025
